Long Trail bottle dates: born or or best by?

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  1. BoardwalkBock

    BoardwalkBock Pooh-Bah (2,041) Aug 18, 2012 New York
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    As the title suggests, I am wondering if Long Trail dates their bottles based on the born on date or the best by date. I just picked up a 6 pack of Limbo in Rhode Island that was labeled 4/17/14, and the first beer I opened was absolutely terrible. I am asking because I had a 6 pack of Limbo last week back in NY that was dated sometime in March of 2014, and I could not detect any noticeable drop off of this beer.

    I am wondering if this shipment was poorly cared for. I am not one usually to complain about freshness of beers, and usually condemn others on this site when they go all crazy about freshness dates. But damn, this beer is almost undrinkable. Totally skunk.
     
    #1 BoardwalkBock, May 15, 2014
  2. Mikecap

    Mikecap Pooh-Bah (2,098) May 18, 2012 Massachusetts
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    As the above confirms, it's definitely bottled on dates for Long Trail. I'm living in LA now, but very familiar w/RI and the stores there. May I ask where you picked this up?
     
    #2 Mikecap, May 16, 2014
  3. Givemebeer

    Givemebeer Savant (1,219) Apr 6, 2013 Vermont

    To echo in on the already answered question, I can confirm its born on dating
     
    #3 Givemebeer, May 16, 2014
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  4. GenericForumName

    GenericForumName Initiate (0) Oct 31, 2013 Pennsylvania

    i just picked up a case from 4/23/14 at work tonight, and yours musta got very mishandled.

    This beer doesnt have a super over top hop explosion going on but im thinking thats just how it is. drinking lots of dirtwolf lately probably throws that off. But definitely no skunk at all, and its much less bitter than other IPAs can be, so maybe its mostly dry hopped. Not a hops falling off thing, but something probably went wrong with yours.

    Mine is still very drinkable, sorry you got bad luck on yours.
     
    #4 GenericForumName, May 16, 2014
  5. jmw

    jmw Initiate (0) Feb 4, 2009 North Carolina

    So you guys realize that "born on" is a term specific to Anheuser-Busch right?
     
    #5 jmw, May 16, 2014
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